The Yomiuri Giants are set up to have a lot of star power in their 2019 lineup.
Yoshihiro Maru is the two-time reigning Central League MVP, Hayato Sakamoto has been on four Best Nine teams, including last season, and Kazuma Okamoto was an All-Star last year who played for Samurai Japan against the MLB All-Stars in November.
That's not even all, as the Kyojin have other players with plenty of accomplishments on their roster. Naoki Yoshikawa, though, doesn't have as many of those type of things on his resume.